…as Ekiti PDP Hold Stakeholders Meeting
By Precious Oham
The Caretaker Committee Chairman, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, Dare Adeleke has warned members against engaging in anti-party activities in the State.
He made the warning on Friday in Ado-Ekiti at the Ekiti PDP Stakeholders Meeting, comprising past political office holders, caretaker committee members and leaders drawn from the 16 local governments.
The Chairman reassured its members of restoring the lost glory of the party by winning the next governorship election in the State.
While announcing that the caretaker committee will form a local government caretaker committee of 5-7 names per LG, he appealed to members to eschew rancour and bitterness towards forming a formidable force as a major political party.
His words: “I appreciate all the leaders and members of the different groups in Ekiti PDP for their steadfastness and the visibility provided for the party through their various groupings.
“However, starting today and as part of our standard declarations to instill further discipline across the board, to achieve lasting peace within the party, all public displays of groupings must end forthwith.
“The CTC shall frown seriously and sanction anyone who is publicly using any group to create distractions within the party. Please, don’t be a victim of sanctions from the party.”
On her part, a former senator representing Ekiti South senatorial district, Biodun Olujimi charged the new leadership to be deliberate in their efforts of restoring the lost glory of the party.
According to her, “Without a platform, we cannot move forward. We must do what is right. Leadership is our problem. Everybody wants to be a leader. One of the major thing you would do for us is to find a father figure. That’s the cause of our problem.
“We have to be deliberate. Nobody should do anything outside the Chairman or we will fight the person. You cannot be talking for yourself alone but talk for the party to be a strong opposition. Give us a formula to reform this party.”
Highlights of the event were contributions from leaders representing each local government of the State. They pledged to work for the progress of the party in their various local governments.